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+include "basic_2/substitution/ldrop_ldrop.ma".
+include "basic_2/substitution/csup.ma".
+
+(* SUPCLOSURE ***************************************************************)
+
+(* Main forward lemmas ******************************************************)
+
+theorem csup_trans_fwd_refl: ∀L,L0,T1,T2. ⦃L, T1⦄ > ⦃L0, T2⦄ →
+ ∀T3. ⦃L0, T2⦄ > ⦃L, T3⦄ →
+ L = L0 ∨ ⦃L, T1⦄ > ⦃L, T3⦄.
+#L #L0 #T1 #T2 * -L -L0 -T1 -T2 /2 width=1/
+[ #I #L0 #K0 #V0 #i #HLK0 #T3 #H
+ lapply (ldrop_pair2_fwd_cw … HLK0 T3) -HLK0 #H1
+ lapply (csup_fwd_cw … H) -H #H2
+ lapply (transitive_lt … H1 H2) -H1 -H2 #H
+ elim (lt_refl_false … H)
+| #a #I #L0 #V2 #T2 #T3 #HT23
+ elim (csup_inv_ldrop … HT23 I V2 0 ?) -HT23 // #H1 #H2 destruct /2 width=1/
+ qed-.